“You look at the goals against and some of the things that shouldn’t happen, especially this time of year. There was lost coverage in front of the net a couple of times and some careless plays with the puck.”

“Give them credit, they’re doing a good job. They’re on top of us, forechecking hard, and winning a lot of pucks. We’ve just got to win more battles. That’s where it starts. We’ve got an experienced group in here, and we’ve been through this before.”

“It’s a 2-1 series. It’s first to four, so there’s a lot of hockey left. Momentum shifts, and we’ve all been through that in here. We’ll lean on that, take a breath, and get ready for Game 4.”

“Any time you give up seven, it’s not a goalie problem. It comes down to defending better. We didn’t give ourselves a chance with the number of goals we allowed.”

“You can either help their speed or take it away depending on how you play, and we’re helping them right now. We’ve got to do a better job with the little details, holding guys up and getting above them. When you make them defend the full length of the ice, it’s a lot harder for them to use their speed.”

“We have to get pucks deep and avoid turning them over because they counter well. They’ve got a lot of young talent and speed. Our forecheck can be better, and defensively we need to be quicker, skate more, and close our gaps.”

“Hopefully, they turn out to be great players because they’ve shown all the ingredients. They want to be the best they can be every day. That mindset pushes them, and you can see that in how they play.”

“It sounded like an army out there. They’ve been waiting eight years for this, nine years for a win, so it was pretty special.”